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<br />will be identified, Recommendations for resolving any schedule conflicts will be addressed by the <br />EIS Management Team in consultation with the Interdisciplinary Team and Cooperating Agencies, <br /> <br />Gather Environmental Data <br />Fidd 'N0rk 'Ni!! be cc~d:l;;ted u3 necessary" to fill ui:1ia gaps describing each aiternative, the <br />environmental setting for the alternative, and to allow an appraisal of potential impacts, The <br />potential impacts from development and implementation of each alternative will be described and <br />evaluated, Results will be documented in reports for each resource area: <br /> <br />Conduct Analysis of Alternatives <br /> <br />An in-depth analysis will be done of each alternative that satisfied the Purpose and Need test. <br />A matrix will be developed to allow an evaluation of the potential environmental impacts of each <br />alternative, Alternatives will be rated according to a standard of environmental impacts and ranked <br />in comparison to each other. This analysis will be contained in the DEIS and FEIS which documents <br />the selection of the preferred alternative, <br /> <br />Indian Trust Assets <br /> <br />Indian trust assets issues will be addressed in the EIS, <br /> <br />Environmental Justice <br /> <br />Environmental justice (Executive Order 12898) issues will be addressed in the EIS, <br /> <br />Cumulative Impacts <br /> <br />Cumulative impacts will be evaluated in the EIS, including the cwnulative impacts of ALP <br />and other actions on endangered species (e,g, completion of the NIIP and other projects in the San <br />Juan River basin Basin), <br /> <br />5. PREFERRED AL TERNA TIVE <br /> <br />Once the impact analysis is completed for an appropriate range of reasonable alternatives, <br />an environmentally preferred alternative will be identified and described in DEIS, FEIS, and the <br />Record of Decision (ROD). The environmentally preferred alternative mayor may not be the same <br />as the alternative selected for implementation, The ROD will summarize the comparison of the <br />alternatives and provide the reasons for selecting the alternative to be implemented, <br /> <br />6. EIS DOCUMENT <br /> <br />A description of the resources potentially impacted, an assessment of those impacts, and an <br />evaluation of options to avoid or mitigate impacts will be prepared, using the following standard EIS <br /> <br />Draft May 15,2000 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />Plan of Approach for Navajo Dam Operations E1S <br /> <br />00129~ <br />